2025 NHCA Annual Conference

This one-day workshop will include presentations in the morning and hands-on demonstrations of fit testing equipment in the afternoon. The morning will begin with background on hearing protector fit testing, summary of recent updates to regulations and best practices, implementation, and case studies of fit testing in practice. The morning session will conclude with presentations from fit test system manufacturers. Manufacturer presentations will touch on how their system works, the types of hearing protection they can be used with, and the testing they’ve performed to validate their system.

In the afternoon, attendees will engage in hands-on demonstrations. Manufacturers will set up equipment at stations spaced throughout the room. Attendees will rotate to different stations and have opportunities to try out the equipment. By the end of the workshop, attendees will have gained an understanding of the best practices in hearing protection fit testing, and ideas on how hearing protector fit testing fits within hearing conservation programs.

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the different methods for hearing protector fit testing
2. Identify the aspects of test environments that are important to check before fit testing
3.Understand how the results of a fit test may be used within the context of hearing conservation (both in practice and in relation to existing regulations)